Feed-bag support.



w. MEIER. FEED BAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED IULV 10| I9I7.

252,62. Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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WILLIAM MEIER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FEED-BAG SUPPORT.

Application filed July 10, 1917.

To all who/1n t may concern Be it known thatl, WILLIAM Mursia, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F eed-Bag Supports, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to supports for what are known as feed bags for horses, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is designed to be connected with, or placed on and supported by the head of a horse and from which the bag is tensionally suspended in such manner that as the feed in the bag is consumed said bag will be automatically raised and thus always held in the desired position.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following` specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a view showing the method of applying and using my improved feed bag support; and,

Fig. 2 a perspective view of the support detached.

My improved feed bag support a is clearly shown in Fig. 2 and as shown it is made entirely of heavy spring wire, or a light spring rod bent into the required shape or form of the support, and consists of a front upright yoke member o, the sides of which are provided at their lower ends with backwardly directed approximately parallel members b2 which, at the rear ends, are formed into open spring rings b3 having forwardly directed spring arms b4 formed at their front ends into double loops or eyes b5 and b", and the sides of the yoke are passed through the rearmost eyes b and said spring arms are vertically movable on the side members of the yoke as will be readily understood.

Connected with the tops of the spring rings b3 is a strap c, and another strap 02 is connected with the sides of the yoke .7) above the spring arms 54, and this bag support or device is adapted to be placed on the head and front neck portion of a horse as clearly shown in Fig. l, and the strap c2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. S, i918.

Serial No. 179,616.

serves to prevent the support from sliding backwardly on the neck of the horse, while the strap c serves to hold the rear end of the support in proper position. l have also shown at Z in Fig. l an ordinary feed bag, and the opposite sides of this bag are provided at the top thereof with cords e, onlyT one of which is shown, and these cords are passed downwardly through the front loops or eyes o5 at the ends of the spring arms b4, and are connected with 'the bottoms or lower ends of the sides of the yoke o at e2, and to facilitate this operation the lower ends of the sides of the yoke and the front ends of the side parts e2 of the support are provided with a forwardly directed loop e3 to which said cords are secured.

`With this construction, and with the bag attached to the support, as shown and described, the spring arms 64 are freely movable vertically and will yield to any strain placed thereon by the horse in the operation of eating, and will always hold the bag in such position that the feed therein may be easily reached by the horse.

By connecting the bag with the support in the manner shown and described, it will be seen that the bag has a greater vertical movement under tension than it would have if it were suspended directly from the ends of the spring arms bt, and this provides for the greatest possible movement of the bag with the construction shown, and at the same time gives an even pull or tension on the bag. y

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A feed bag support comprising a front upright yoke-shaped member, the sides of which are provided with backwardly directed parts having forwardly directedl spring arms which are vertically movable on the sides of the yoke member and from which the bag is suspended.

2. A feed bag support comprising a frame having a front yoke-shaped member, side members connected with the bottom end portions of the yoke member and extending backwardly and provided with forwardly directed spring arms, vertically movable on the sides of the yoke member, and cords connected with the bottoms of the sides of the yoke meinber and passed through loops at the front ends of said spring arms and connected with the sides of the bag.

3. A feed bag support comprising a frame having a front yoke-shaped member, side members connected with the bottom end portions of the yoke member and extending backwardly and provided with forwardly directed spring arms, vertically movable on the sides of the yoke member, and cords conneeted with the bottoms of the sides of the yoke member and passed through loops at the front ends of said spring arms and connected with the sides of the bag, said frame being also provided at the front and rear ends thereof with stra-ps for holding it in position on the head of the horse.

4. A feed bag support comprising a spring frame adapted to be mounted on the head of the horse and provided with forwardly directed spring arms the inner ends of which Copies of this patent may be obtained for are connected by loop members, and means for suspending;- a bag from the front ends of said arms.

5. A feed bag support comprising a frame having a yoke-shaped member, side members connected with said yoke-shaped member each of said side memberseonsisting of two arms joined at one end by a spring loop, and means for suspending a bag from the other end of said arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 7 th day of July, 1917 v WILLIAM MEIER.

Witnesses :V Y

C. E. MULREANY,

I-I. E. THOMPSON.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

